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Elastic : unlocking your brain's ability to embrace change / Leonard Mlodinow.

Mlodinow, Leonard (Neurologist), (author).

Summary:

Tap into the hidden power of your brain. In this startling and provocative look at how the human mind deals with change, Leonard Mlodinow teaches us to unleash the natural abilities we all possess so we can thrive in these dynamic and troubled times. Truly original minds capitalize when everyone else struggles. And most of us assume that these abilities are innate, reserved for a select few. But Mlodinow shows us that we all possess them, that we all have encoded in our brains a skill he terms elastic thinking, and he guides us in how to harness it.

Record details

ISBN: 9781101970164
ISBN: 1101970162
Physical Description: 252 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2019.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1. Confronting change. The joy of change -- Part 2. How we think. What is thought? -- Why we think -- The world inside your brain -- Part 3. Where new ideas come from. The power of your point of view -- Thinking when you're not thinking -- The origin of insight -- Part 4. Liberating your brain. How thought freezes over -- Mental blocks and idea filters -- The good, the mad, and the odd -- Liberation.